How can I put down my phone and go to sleep?

The first thing I would recommend is to develop a healthy sleep routine. This is something most of us struggle with, I think. This typically looks like having the same 'getting ready for bed' routine every night (give or take), and putting screens away before we get into bed. Sometimes a routine starts early, with tooth-brushing and face washing, a specific drink before bed or other habits that soothe you and prime your mind to settle down. Sometimes it's just getting into your pajamas and reading a book for 15 minutes before turning out the lights. Healthy sleep habits also include using our blue light filter on our phones in the evening and keeping the bed itself a screen-free zone before sleep. If you feel the need to check your phone again, get out of bed and do it somewhere else. Then repeat your bedtime routine (or the end of it) without the phone. Adding more exercise throughout the day can help a lot, as well. All of these tips, when done regularly, make a massive difference in getting to sleep easier, and in keeping good habits like not getting sucked back into our phones when we should be sleeping.

Technology, it’s great, but it sucks at the same time. The best way I have found is to never charge my phone by me bed. Try plugging your phone in across the room, and it won’t be as tempting. Also depending on what kind of phone you have, it is possible that you can set timers to that you can only use certain apps for a certain time a day, you could block the apps that tempt you to stay up at night. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me anytime. Signed -Pilot

Sleep is very important for your health. Putting your phone down is a great step to take. Ultimately you have to make the decision of what to do. Putting your phone in a different room, or out of sight is a possibility. It all depends on the situation you are in. Also putting do not disturb on helps you not know that someone on the other side of the phone is active. Sometimes in settings you can set a bedtime lock on your phone(for iPhones atleast). That could help. It all depends on what you would like to do and your situation. I am proud of you for taking this step. I wish you the best.

This is something I often struggle with. I find that if I write down every thought in my head in my notes on my phone (to sort of "empty it out" at the end of the day), I can calm down a bit and relax. After doing this and checking my notifications one last time, I can set down the phone, practice some deep breathing, and try to sleep. It helps to incorporate this into a bed time routine as well. Remember that you can always check your phone after you wake up. It will be there for you still.

i like to use the "bedtime" feature two hours before i go to sleep (you can also make an event or use a tracker app). my phone lets me know i'm cutting into my sleep time, and shows me how much sleep time i wasted the next morning. by establishing a routine and setting a specific goal for when and how long i want to sleep, i'm less likely to let activities and exciting things get in the way of my goal than if i have no idea what i want to do and how close i am to doing it. you are already making sleep a priority just by thinking of this, so you're well on your way to making a physical change.

Just put it down and leave it there. If you need, maybe in another room to charge overnight, but just leave it. Also turn notifications off. There's no reason to check it all the time. I'm not sure how someone thought it would be possible to make a 100 word essay about this, but here we go. Just leave it away and dot think about it. If you have some severe issues leaving it, turn it off and leave it to someone else who won't give it to you back. Just like why do you have to look at it all the time?

On some phones, there is a bedtime setting where it shuts off at a certain time and doesn't come back on until a certain time. Or try putting the phone in a different room. When you put the phone on the opposite end of the house, the temptation to get on your phone is gone. If you're going to do that though, I would say do it about an hour before you go to bed. The blue light in your phone keeps your brain awake so when you stay up on your phone until early hours of the morning and then wonder why you cant fall asleep, it's because your brain is still activated.

Maybe set a cut off time for screen activity and at that time switch over to nature sounds that promote sleep, relaxation/meditation, sort of like a cool down period to reflect on your day and set your intentions for the next day. If you close your day with a still mind you should be able to wake up similarly cleared. Alsoa bed time routine could help. A shower, skin care routine, a certain amount of water or herbal tea and stretching before bed can do wonders to recenter you and its very simple. It may sound slike a tone but once you start the routine it can take maybe a half hour but the benefits are priceless.

I used to deal with this too and I used to just power it off because phone dings and notifications would make me feel like I had to check it and if I didn’t I would have missed out on something important but texts and email can always wait if they are as important as they may seem. at the end of the day a phone is just something used to distract you from the true beauty of the outdoors and yes it is also useful to talk to people and make calls but back in the day they only had letters that would take days and probably even weeks to reach you so if you are trying to go to bed and your hear a ding just tell yourself that it’s not that important and it can wait till the morning.

Try doing some gentle yoga before going to sleep to help your body relax. Or try reading a book to help drift you into a calm, sleep state. Or try writing all of your thoughts from the day down into a journal so your head can be clear of any worries or thoughts and you will be ready for sleep. Try deep breathing or guided meditation, or relaxing music to listen to while you are trying to fall asleep. Try rain or crackling fire, or even wind or just soothing, gentle music will do the trick! You'll soon be off to sleep!